DemDaily: The Resigned

DemDaily: The Resigned

November 14, 2017

While Democrats made gains on the state level last Tuesday, Republicans were able to take some solace in the victory of Republican Jim Curtis in the November 7th Special Election to fill Jason Chaffetz 's (R-UT) Congressional seat.

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The outcome of the six 2017 House special elections, to-date, have not shifted the partisan numbers in Congress' lower chamber, but there are at least two more special elections on the docket, and more expected.

More significantly, 36 Members of the House have announced their resignations, retirements or plans to vacate office to run for another office - 25 Republicans and 11 Democrats.

Democrats hold 194 seats to Republicans 241. It will take a net gain of 24 seats for Democrats to take control of the House in 2018.

In a turbulent political environment that continues to reflect the voters' dissastisfaction with the Trump Administration, the growing number of GOP Members exiting the fray further endangers their 241 to 194 seat control of the US House of Representatives.

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These numbers already far exceed the average of 22 Members who retire each election cycle (since 1976). Combine that with the fact that the party outside the White House averages a pick up of 28 seats in mid-term elections, and the numbers are looking up for Democrats.